Simple or Complex

Life is utterly simple and yet most complex. You have to simultaneously attend to both facets of life. When life appears most complex, turn to the simplicity. Simplicity brings peace. When you are peaceful, attend to the complexity within you. That will make you more skilful  If you are only with simplicity, it makes you lazy and dull. Being only with complexity makes you angry and frustrated. The intelligent ones balance them and rejoice in both. If you look only to simplicity, growth is not there. Looking only at the complexity, there is no life at all. All that you need is a skilful balance. If you recognize both simplicity and complexity of life, you will be skilfully peaceful! Colours are the complexity of life. White is the simplicity. When your heart is pure, your life becomes so colourful.

Enjoy being simply complex or complexly simple, this is your life, live it the way you want on the terms you want, live life with no regrets, because at the moment of doing it, you were sure of it!!Open your heart, let people peep in sometimes and if you complaint of being way too open, learn to zip it up. Simplicity in life can be utterly monotonous and boring so try complexity and experience the adventure but all said and done enjoy the moment whether dismally simple or utterly complex!!!

The Ptest!

There are hundreds of Psyche Test on this Earth and Millions on the Internet, so well as you have chosen me from hundreds and millions, I must tell you, I already am feeling privileged.

Now lets shift the focus from ME to YOU!!

Do you want to amaze yourself? Do you want to know yourself a little better? Do you want to know how much you know about your psyche?

So Give the Test and Amaze Yourself!!

Lets Start...

Rules First:

1. Get a Piece of Paper and Pen or Your Cell Phone in the Create Text mode
2. Be Honest and Write down whatever comes in your mind FIRST
3. The answers are lying in the end... so please please do not cheat!!

Let the Quiz Begin:

Visualise the scene and do not think excessively!

1. You are walking in a forest. Who are you walking with?

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal is it?

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal? Are you frightened by its sight or its okay?

4. You walk deeper into the forest and enter a clearing and before you is your Dream House. Describe its Size.

5. Is your Dream house open or surrounded by a fence?

6.You enter the House. You walk to the dinning area and see the dinning room table. Describe what you see on and around the table?

7. You exit the house through the back door. Lying in the grass top is a cup. What material is the cup made of (Ceramic or Paper or Glass)?

8. What do you with the Cup in your hand?

9.You walk ahead and find yourself standing at the edge of a body of water. What type of body of water it is?

10.How will you cross the water?

End of Questions

This was a Relational Psychology Test. The answers given to questions have been shown to have a relevance to values and ideals that we hold in our personal lives. Lets go ahead with the analysis!

1. The person who you are walking with is the most important person in your life.

2. The Size of the Animal you saw in the forest is the represents your perception of the Size of your Problems 

3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal represents how you deal with your problems. (Passive/Aggressive)

4. The Size of your Dream Home indicates the Size of your ambition to resolve your problems

5. No fence indicates that you are an open personality. People are welcome all the time. The presence of a fence is more indicative of a closed personality. You would prefer people not to drop by unannounced.

6. If your answer does not include any two of them, food, people or flowers then you are generally unhappy

7. The durability of the material with which the cup is made of indicates the perceived durability of your relationship with the person from answer number one.

Styrofoam, Plastic and Paper are disposable

Glass and Ceramic are not durable

Metal and Plastic are durable

8. Your action with the cup or to say your disposition with the cup represents your attitude towards the person in answer one.

9.The Size of Water body represents the size of your Materialistic desires

10. How wet you get in crossing the water indicates the relative importance of  possessing these Materialistic things. Getting more wet indicates a deep desire! 

Hope you all liked my effort of helping you all know a little more about your own self!!!

Pour in your comments if you liked this TEST

I Wish..

I wish to sit and stare

Sometimes talk and share

Listen to your heartbeat

Take you away to Crete

Just us in solace

Spend some time aimless

Let’s start a world anew

With just me and you

In our own oblivion world

Free from drama and stress

Never return to this world

Never ever return to this distress

Will you come with me?

If I ask you to come

Would you like to be the King

Of my unfound Kingdom

Buried deep in my heart

This question might never reach to you

This dream will remain a dream

A dream that I wish to live with you

Mood Swings

Mood Swings, a term common in the behaviour and nature of all human beings. Sometimes we are on a real high and then the next second we don’t like our surroundings or anything else beside us.

We all have been victimized by mood swings some time or the other. When we suddenly remember of an awful incident, heartbreak, about someone who has hurt our feelings, some day to day stress or tensions, the list can be endless like this. Mood Swings are like tequila shots which hit instantly and their after effects takes a while to fade off. We all have our ways to deal with the tormentor, off course we all are fighters. 

Here is my list of some quick fixes which I think takes over the mood swing and our mood, swings in the right direction and we start to feel may be not completely good but definitely better again!

The Top 5 Tips:

1. Listening to Music

“Music is the Soul of Life, So Play On”

This is a Quote which I had heard long ago but has stayed with me since. So, when you feel down and out and you want to get rid of it and that too instantly. THEN. Plug in Headphones, Turn up the music  and Let the record play and Shut the world outside. Hit it off with your two three favourite tracks and afterwards u will feel much lighter and the joy in ur heart and the smile on your face will be back

2. Get a Cuppa

Recently I read a book and the main character in the book, sips tea when in emotional distress. Ditto.. Having a mood swing and cant cope up with it? Grab a cup of Tea or Coffee or any any other Hot Beverage. It will re enegise you immediately, the hot cuppa will take away the drowsyness and negative emotions with it.

3. Talk to your Best Friend

Best Friends are the only people with whom you can discuss nonsense and the best part is that, that nonsense is well respected too. So next time when you feel hard to cope up with a wrong swing. Grab the phone and do some talking or nonsense and get respected for nonsense. Your mood will lighten quickly and world will again become a beautiful place. Yes Friends can have that awesome effect on us!

4. Chocolate

If your best friend is not picking your phone then rush to a store and buy your fav bar of Chocolate. Gobble it down and it can make you feel like a child again. Scientifically choc especially dark choc is known to reduce stress level resulting in instant improvement in mood. Girls, Please don't worry about the extra kilos, you can shed them off when you are in good mood!

5. Bond With Nature

If suddenly you have started feeling low and mood not in control. Go get some Fresh Air. Taking a stroll in the park or just watching the sky blanky for some minutes can lift up your spirits and mood. Looking at birds, fresh flowers, green grass, the sea  can also be useful. All this can prove to be very relaxing and ur mood might get the correct direction

Try any or all of them and if any of it works do let me know through your comments!

The Friends I have

I have been itching to write on this particular topic for a long long time. and I could not have found a better day to tell them, all of them that how much they mean to me. I call them my life’s support system. I call them without any reason and the best part is that they stick to me through all the seasons. They are the sunshine of my Life. A part of each of them lives inside me and a part of me lives inside them. I am what I am because of them. So let me take u all on a journey and let me introduce to u all my friends:

Pratibha Khemka
My Best Friend

The word Best Friend has traumatized my childhood. Never did I have a Best Friend and everyone around me had one, so I used to have major cravings for one Best Friend, and then God gifted me with the Bestest Gift and Pratibha came in my world. We are direct opposite of each other when it comes to taste and preference but opposites attracts, we make an awesome duo. We have been inseparable for years and have shared the ugliest secret about ourselves. I call her my education as she has taught me the value of money and life. We have awesome telepathy always working for each other and she is the one person who can understand my silence too. We have a pact of dancing till lights are out and surely we are each others Best Dancing Partner. The World would have been incomplete and desperately boring if she would not have been there. Morning walks, ice cream walks, shopping walks, talking walks, we have never run out of walks and talks. Though now miles apart the bond is still strong and I hope this remains life long.

Swati Didwania
Savitri
My Sister from other Mother

When I say this phrase I mean it from the bottom of my heart. She is my soul sister and no matter how angry I am with her actions or words, I just tend to melt at the moment we meet or talk again. She has been my support system my patient ear. She has brought discipline in my life and has inculated some sense of timing in me. She is always on for any crazy thing on my list. Actually I think after staying with me for a while she herself has become little crazy. And Boy! we can talk like really talk, we like discussing everything from people to career, from habits to future husbands, from money to rubbish. No wonder we never get bored of each other. We have promised to become Business Partner some day and I l promise to honor it one day. She has the world’s most comforting hug

Pooja Singhania

Pooja Pajji is what I love to call her. She is my partner in misery as we bear the pain of two same mountains. She is my coochi-koo, ever happy, happy go lucky friend. In school, used to make her study at midnight over the phone and now we always end up calling each other when we want to bitch about anyone on earth. I love teasing her for her slow speed and her bad habit of not willing to walk much. We understand each others sarcasm just perfectly and I love it. Pooja is bindass and a as well as homely creature and my ultimate dirty dancer (Pooja remember Beedi Jaliyele and Billo Rani).

Vidhi Bajoria

Vidhi’s name on my phone is Veeedheee,  a name given by some classmate nevertheless it has remained with me since then. In school we have had fought the same demon together called Mathematics. She has recently become real girly lady type and I cannot disclose the reason here. When it comes to cards and creativity nobody can touch her. She makes amazing pastas and bake dish (puts dollops of butte in them). I had this notion that friendship once starined never gets to what it was before but Vidhi has proved me wrong because we have become even better friends now.

Prerna Parakh

Paromita Ma'am was responsible for our friendship as our friendship flourished as seat partners. She has been again one of my oldest friend but we really got to know each other in class 8. We had a lot in common like our love for studies, projects, tests and exams. We would attempt the same question n options even if we were sitting two corners of the class. We even changed schools together. Our thoughts and frequency were in sync almost all the time. We have had the best times together

Priti Agarwal

A wicked smile comes to my face when I think of her. I have always hit off excellently with all my friends, ditto with her too. We met first time in college and our chords struck together so well that people used to think we knew each other from before.  She is the ultimate cook who I really look up  she makes lip smacking saliva drooling pasta. She has a kick ass attitude towards life and I love it. We have had joyful scooty rides. She has taught me hookah and various uncensored things. My BBM is alive because of her. My weekends remains incomplete if I don't meet her. She has become my ultimate partner in crime

Neha Agarwal

My first friend in school, we were seat partners in Class 1 and friends from then, it been 17 long years (yes I’m Bragging) now I call her Baby Neha , not because of her height but because of her under developed brains. I still remember in class we used to crack the simplest double meaning jokes and she would blankly stare and would ask to explain, this is her sheer innocence. We may not be in touch for months but when it comes to catching up again, we always pick up from the place we left.

Anu Mundhra

My aries twin, we have too much in common especially our trait of forgetfulness which by the way I have overcome but she is still stuck there(sorry anu)(joke tha). We met through pratibha. Anu n really bonded during the time of Prati’s marriage. She is sweet very caring and an expert when it comes to quotations and cards. She has the patience of a saint and she is saint types in many ways. She is always confused but I love to clear that out whenever given a chance. We had a Ball in delhi and there is a walk to remember between us. Anu I hope u remember it!

CAT Group

When I used to watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S, I used to wonder will I ever find a set of friends similar to them, yes indeed I found them, my version of F.R.I.E.N.D.S - Juice, PD, Maggi, Sunny n Ritesh. We are fun we are hilarious we are cheap we are sophicticated we are studious we are irritating, all at the same time we all have had a great time together giving mocks in ims class, pulling each other;s leg later, giving all mba entrance exams together, endless hookhak sesiions, pooja pandal hopping , early morning breakfast sessions bon appetite karoke sessions we have done it all in such short span of time. A very memorable journey indeed.

P.S I think I haven't told you guys so I will take dis opportunity, I loved the surprise that you all gave me on my 2012 bday, I wasn't expecting you all and it was wonderful to see the full gang that too early in the morning.. You guys made me feel realy special.. Thank u!!

Office Friends- Poonam Soumen Da Soumita Di

Poonam.. I never believed that friendships can develop in small tym but then they say its not how long u have know each other, its how much u know each other. I had promised myself that in office I wont make good friends as to keep professional and personal life separate but then u came in and changed all of it. We chatted, hardly worked, shared everything, did everything together and it was nothing but terrific to sum it up. Poonam is one girl who is extremely caring and will go the extra mile too just to make u feel special. Privilige to be yopur friend.

Soumen Da. Wat can I say about him, he knows way too much about me and the best part is he is never judgemental I thank Supreme that he brought him in my life, he is ever caring again with a patiemt ear, he has done his goof ups and confided even I have. He loves his sweets and fish. We might not be still working at the same place but we surely stay connected and updated.

Soumita Di. My right hand in office, an extremely talented poet, her passion is to make collages and surely she showers me with so many of them. She is very helpful and caring and I swear I had never thought we will become such good friends. She keeps on motivating me and helps me to bring the best out of me. Now she is about to leave office and I will miss her a lot!

Jay Ghosh Khemka

I love his nickname but he hates it so better I don't use it! He loves being called as Jay. I tell you he is one hard working guy with full of morals and manners and ethics. He is fun to talk to even funnier to text with. The craziest thing we have done together is watched two back to back movies and we intend to make that 3 back to back movies someday. 

The three of Us

We have had more fights than fun but my college life’s begining was marked with their friendship we have had good times and I would love to see the good part of it. We have had an insane time together with  lots of time spent in Anuja's PG doing utter nonesense talks. They have made my bdays in college fabulously memorable something I will cherish for the rest of my life. Still in touch with Anuja and we are on n off at tyms. She is a lil crack and it surely suits her too!!

Aarti Bharti Shreya Acharya Chunnu

I say their name in one go and in this particular order because I love it. They were my first proper group of friends. A mix of seniors and junors all staying in one locality and we surely rocked our school bus. Acharya was always the centre of jokes but damn sporting, Aarti was too simple to understand all this and Chunnu never stopped cursing and Bharti Shreya used to be there in their own sweet world only but we were a fun bunch and have created riots and stuck by each each through thick and thin.. Its been almost 10 long years and now some are getting married. Its been a long journey with them and I can bet it is an endless one

And I would like to dedicate this which is my favorite friendship songs to all of you….

So no one told you life was going to be this way. 

Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA. 

It's like you're always stuck in second gear, 

Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year. 

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour. 

I'll be there for you, like I've been there before. 

I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too. 

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Google is my Best friend

What is the first icon that you click on when you open your computer screen?

What is that on service on your phone which if not present makes your phone useless?

What is that power in your hand that a little twitch of your fingertips and the world is at your command?

Thinking..

Well..

If Vincent Cerf was sitting in this room today, he would have definitely looked at me and smiled because he would have exactly understood what I am trying to say. But back in 1980s even, Mr. Cerf himself didn’t realize that he is about to change the face of the world. He is about to create a revolution. Mr. Cerf has given the world Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and the revolution is fondly called the internet.

I understand I can get mixed reactions over here, many of you here will really think is really internet a revolution or an overrated technology? Especially those parents or older siblings whose young kids and young bro and sis are glued to the internet like bees glued to honey

But I want to support my case over here with some facts,

Internet is that industry that has grown over 500 percent in terms in the past 10-12 years. It had a humble 361 million users back in the year 2000 which has become a whopping 1967 million in 2012 that’s almost 2 billion. This industry has given chance to the young minds to ignite and become millionaires’ billionaires’ over night. Mark zuckberg, Andrew Fox, Larry Page, Sergey Brin to name a few. One of the biggest IPO’s in the history of US markets which had a capitalization of over $104 billion was that of an social networking internet company, Facebook

A recent report in India said that there are more mobile phones than toilets in india and I would like to add that more than 50 percent of those mobile phones have internet on them. Internet has really become super common even more than the common cold.

Now coming to individual levels

Internet has made the world Flat, made us individuals Smarter and Richer and our lives simpler and convenient

The distance barrier has almost gone; if the world was small it has become smaller.

My aunt’s paternal family is settled abroad, somebody in Dubai, somebody in Germany, somebody in the Netherlands. She used to meet them once in 4 years once in 8 years, but now she literally lives in their dinning/ drawing room every day, they see each other and talk for hours and that too at the cost of some pennies

We have become smarter, thanks to internet.

One day my FB status read, Potato Gnocchi is the worst form of Italian Cuisine, I thought Gnocchi? I haven’t heard of something like this before, I quickly goggled the word and found myself a recipe, there was a flash in the screen there, Italy in Euro Cup Finals, I followed that read that story then again a Pop up came, Euro Crisis getting Worse, I learnt about three topics in a matter of three clicks.

I became Smarter

You want to learn everything tiny thing on the internet, from knitting to web designing, from cooking to grooming, register in colleges, file returns, pay taxes online and much much more than that.

The world has become Richer.

For many of us internet means facebook, twitter and email but for some more enlightened individual, internet is much more, it’s the world of e books, e magazines, e newspaper. It is a pool of free knowledge.  They even save their cable bill by watching most of the stuff online!!Off course they are saving a fortune over there and I am sure they can buy a Merc after 10 years from that saved money.

The one more thing that internet has revolutionized is shopping, if you haven’t done any online shopping till now, I really pity you. There are offers, discounts , cash on delivery options, return policy of 30 days, not only it saves our hard earned money, it also saves time and is simply very convenient.  A click on the screen and the item is at your doorstep. With hordes of online sites available like Flipkart, Amazon, e-bay, 99 labels, snap deal, book my show, free charge you surely don’t want to give it a miss

The time is not far when, some of these Yebhis or the Mydalas or the Snapdeals would go online selling fruits, vegetables, and all the grocery items. Pardon me if there's already an existing one for all such items; however I haven't come across any until now. Trust me, the day's not far.

Our own club Toastmasters International is a offspring of the internet, we all our connected to TM Int by internet, we pay our dues, update our development, all on the internet. Our club, our meetings, our development would not have been possible without internet. We also have our very own you tube channel, we all have become superstars on the internet.

Internet is not a dying technology, it is a platform that is here to stay, if properly utilized it is like the intelligent best friend you never had. Your dad, mom, brother, sister, your friend and most importantly boyfriend and girl friend might not have all the answers you seek. But take my word Google will have all your answers minus the tantrums too!!

P.S.: This was was Second Speech at Toastmasters Club

P.S.S: I got the Best Speaker Ribbon for this...Yayy!

The day has started with a BANG!

Its been a while and I have been thoroughly occupied. Occupied here is understatement. I have always liked a lot of things on my plate and the mere thought of managing everything together gives me a rush(good one).

July, I don't even know where these 11 days have vanished, believe me I am running that busy.

Because I had to manage so many things, I had accumulated a lot of small pending work in office, so today morning when I entered office, I had entered with a mission!!

A mission to complete all small pending work, so a major weight is off my head.

My list of work was long and I gear up to complete the first one of them, a lollipop of task, but I guess God likes to play with me a little bit and when I decide to take control of everything happening, he gives his not to subtle reminder that I am you Boss not you

So when I complete the First task and go to my ever supportive boss, he looks at my work and frowns at me, bad really bad frown, there is a record, till date he hasn't scolded me badly, today he was at the brink of breaking that record.

And I am standing there puzzled and thinking, as to in this lollipop task what would have gone wrong, I ask him thrice "Sir, please tell me what has possibly gone wrong."

His gaze is still hard and he breaks his silence after a couple of minutes and tells me my mistake and as I hear his words, I stand there shattered and ashamed, how could I miss that?

And now I am down and out, I made a blunder in the first hour of work and the tone is low.

But then I had heard that if you write out your feelings and sorrow, you automatically feel light, here I am tring to feel light and say to myself, Its okay babes, you have a long day to go!!!!

Wish me luck guys... and I vouch to be more attentive and careful....

Have a great day at WORK!

Does Love Hurt?

Everyone says that LOVE hurts but that's not true...

Loneliness hurts..
Rejection hurts..
Losing someone hurts..

Everyone confuses these things with love, but in reality, LOVE is the only pure emotion in this world that can overwhelm you and can cover up all the pain thereby making us feel wonderful again...!!!

LOVE ENDLESSLY...

Always Love..

Endlessly..

Relentlessly..

Intently..

Immensely..

Profusely..

Absorbingly..

Affectionately..

Defiantly..

Justifiably..

Sufficiently..

Surgically..

Spiritually..

Thoroughly..

Transparently..

Humbly..

Forgivingly..

Fortuitously..

Fruitfully..

Respectably..

Honourably..

Comfortably..

Willingly..

Tenaciously..

Patiently..

Softly..

Colourfully..

Undeniably..

Satisfying and Gratifyingly

And most importantly

...Love Unconditionally...

My Dream Date

I know many of you wont believe me. But it is the truth nothing but the truth.

In my life of 23 years 2 months and 18 days, I have never ever been on a Formal Date.No guy has ever asked me out on a date. I have seen in movies and on T.V. but have never witnessed it. 

It was yesterday only when I was swimming deep in my thoughts, just random thoughts, then only it struck me as a bolt from the blue, I realised I have never had a two way romantic relation. I have never said the magical words and have never heard it from someone.

True to my habit, I started thinking it even harder, and then I realised I don't even have a Dream Date in my mind. The signal was enough, the engine of my mind got ignited and the wheels of words started rolling. And here I am telling the world and also the lucky one about my DREAM DATE....!

Lights...Camera....Action...

I will be a Saturday evening, I will be dressed in my beloved pair of jeans and a sultry blue top, he will be wearing his blue jeans and my favourite red shirt with those converse shoes.He would tell me to be ready at 4 sharp, so that we don't get late for the movie he had planned, so according to the plan, I will reach our decided destination at 4. 



But he will give me a surprise and take me on a drive. It will definitely be raining that day, we would go for a long drive, with music on in the car and we would talk continuously and keep on talking. We both will discuss about everything under the sun. He will create a Playlist of my favourite songs and we would sing hummm and talk...



And then after a while we would stop by a lake and he would take out a Thermos flask with hot coffee in it and we would park the car somewhere and then get drenched in the rain and drink hot coffee.We would eat hot samosas somewhere and get wet in the rain.... We would not want to go back to our respective lives and would love to live in that moment forever. But we will return from our dreamland and go to our respective homes.....





This will be really an Ideal Date....

Is Rafael Nadal the Greatest?

Double Fault!! Just Long!! Rafa Wins!!

These were the last words that I heard on the online commentary from the laptop of my office on the Monday Evening and then my heart sank. This wasn’t the first occasion or the first year it had happened to me. From the past 5-6 years, around the same time in the year, it has been happening, to me just once in 2009 I was jumping with excitement at this time because Federer had beaten Soderling to claim his Career Slam, the rest years have been filled with despair and some cursing. But still I stand up every time and clap for this gentleman whom I curse as he has time and again proved that he is the one to beat when it comes to the Clay Surfaces.

Rafael Nadal won his 7^th French Open Singles Title becoming the First man in the history of open era tennis surpassing the great Bjon Borg who had won 6 of them, a feat which looked unconquerable until Nadal his quest and year after year emerging much stronger and more formidable. I agree he is the King of Clay as the world says but if people say he is the World’s Greatest, I beg to differ. Nadal has won 11 slams till now out of which 7 are French.

But

Is he the greatest?

This question will be definitely be answered in the times to come!   

A dejected Djokovic stood there in the presentation ceremony.  Not blaming the rains completely. He was seeing the good side of the loss, he was on the verge of losing at the hands of Tsonga but he rose from the ashes and fought back. He might not be the King of Clay but he surely gives Nadal a run for his money. He has stopped Nadal’s express and limited his achievements to the clay. While Rafa still has the lead when it comes head to head, of these 19 victories, 12 have been on clay. 

Does Nadal deserve a place here yet? 

So I throw the Question again….

Is Nadal the Greatest?

Queen of Good Times

This is my first speech at Toastmasters Club....

Its called the ICE BREAKER...... 

The title is : Queen of Good Times!

Here is the Speech for you

I am sure, everyone one of you will agree that I am the Queen of Good times at the end of my speech..

I won the parent lottery

I was born with the winning ticket, a major reason I am able to live the life of my dreams

My father who has worked as a Finance Executive all his life, a complete workaholic who likes to go to office even on Sundays for two hours, the only man who I have never seen cursing anyone, a person who is totally content with his life, but this is just the sober part, the same person had also bunked school and watched 3 consecutive show of Amar Akbar Anthony, 12-3 3-6 6-9, had taken his fiancé for a bike ride date against the wishes of her parents, the same guy who has never missed a single E.P.L or I.P.L match. For these and a million other reasons he is the hero of my life.

My mother, my best friend is a simple sweet woman who has always taught me that the joy of giving is more than joy of receiving, whose major part of life was spent taking care of her two ninjas and in resolving fights of her young kids.

Who said world war three never happened, my mom has been witnessing it from the past 23 years of her life, and I and my elder brother are like chalk and cheese. We haven’t agreed on anything till now and I don’t see that happening in the near future too.

Coming to my childhood

My childhood was filled with infinite joys, joy of going to school every day, joy of doing homework every day, joy of playing every day, joy of riding that bicycle every day, jay of falling off from the cycle and getting that knee bruised every day, joy of having those big birthday parties with uncountable number of friends, the joy of losing your brother’s favorite car or pen and then crying so loudly and hearing a sorry in spite of saying it, the joy of playing teacher teacher to an invisible class, joy of winning the best dancer trophy on my 12^th b’day.

It was time when 3 dairy milks in day was the biggest bargain and drinking two glass of milk was the biggest achievement

This kind of childhood might sound quite ordinary by today’s standard but it was actually a magical childhood. I really see myself as a girl who had this incredible leg up in life because I had a mother and a father who gave me the freedom to be/ who got so many things right for me

The childhood gave way to even a better adulthood

After having a almost perfect school life, the time had come to change gears, to step out of those uniforms and start working in what people call the real world, towards those big dreams that I had in my eyes.

I wanted to become an MBA and that is why I joined BBA in JD Birla college and that wasn’t the only reason, JD Birla was said to have the best crowd in whole of Caluctta, and surely I wasn’t disappointed, the second day of my college and I open the gate of the computer lab, there I see a tall lean boy with most mischievous eyes I had ever seen, he was wearing a classic collared UCB blue tee with faded jeans and  such a killer smile, he smiled to me as I entered the lab and by God I was dead instantly. Well JD Birla had kept up the promise. I bet half my college life was spent staring at him profusely.

While pursuing BBA is also took up the CS course for I wanted to study law and an additional degree with MBA would have had sealed my place in the Executive Chambers.

I had my eyes on the sky.

I fared well in college, managed to be in the top 10 students at the end of the course and also an all India rank holder in the CS examinations

I was heading towards the perfect home run, I was about to complete my career slam but as they say life is full of surprises.What goes up must come down, the same happened to me

 Life had some different plans for me I was yet to learn a few lessons from life. They say life is all about balance, the co existence of positives and negatives together, what goes down up must come down and so it happened with me too

A family crisis happened, at the same time my best friend fought with me badly, my childhood friend got married and shifted to another city, my first attempt at CAT was a complete disaster, life surely became a mess, all plans and aspirations down the drain. This was an unfamiliar place, I was a winner and to take so many setbacks together took a toll on me

But life gives a problem with an inbuilt solution and when u are ready you see through it, it took almost a year and a half to bring my life back in shape with the help of friends family and my boss

Here I am standing in front of you on my two feet, proving that you fall in life only to rise higher.

Well after listening to all this, if you are looking forward to having a good time with me, I must tell you I am complete Cricket and lawn tennis fanatic and I love reading motivational books. I am a complete foodie and love eating all kinds of food, be it home cooked food, junk food, street food, food id food. I organize the most amazing birthday parties and I still don’t charge for them. In a party you will never ever see me standing in the corner, I am always at the dance floor and I dance till the lights go out.

Now do you all agree that I am really the Queen of Good Times!

P.S. I won the Best Speaker at the meeting

P.S.S: Will put up the photo of the Memento and the Video very soon!!

We all have our problems, even I have mine.

It was a deep agonizing pain that I was going through, a pain that was clamping me for too long, a pain that had become my companion. But, when you entered my life I saw a new beginning, a beginning that my mind, my heart, my soul was yearning for. At last I thought my savior has come and will rescue me bring me at peace once again.

My last relation, it wasn’t a relation also, my last friend left me with soggy feeling of rejection and distaste, I had lost a great deal of confidence in myself. So with you, I wasn’t too sure of the way of conducting myself, I just followed your lead, did everything to get your approval, not mindful of the words and action, not thinking of the way I was behaving, I just wanted to get accepted by you, I was longing for company. Only said that what u wanted to hear, only did that what you wanted to do, in the hope that I might get accepted this time around. My occupied mind was the reward I looking for, I just wanted to get rid of the past memories.

It was also the time when I learnt that you were travelling the same path, you yourself were on the road of recovery of a broken relation, a relation that was much serious and had promises of forever. I wanted to share your pain and make you believe that life indeed is beautiful and these are nothing but some wrong doing of God that you just need to accept. I wanted to be your shadow, wanted to turn your life around.

I guess I failed miserably in my endeavors as the closer I got to you, the farther you went, I never asked the reason nor you gave any. History repeated itself yet again I am again in pain, again the feeling of being rejected. Too frightened to ask for answers from you as the answers might assert my fear – that I have been rejected yet again….

My Love for Sports

To be honest when I was young I could hardly understand cricket or lawn tennis or football or any other sport for that matter but used to stare at the T.V. screen intently as it was the only thing that used to run on our T.V. My father, I finally have got a chance to tell the world, is the ultimate devotee/disciple of the religion Sports. So you all can well imagine how my journey of following sports began, initially it was restricted to admiring the dashing, uber fit and handsome sports persons.. to name a few, my first love Mr.Rahul Dravid, Marat Safin, Andy Roddick Kaka and so on....

Who wouldn't fall for them??

Later, I started asking the rules of the game, as a true Indian, and was swept away by Cricket first amongst all the sports, I still remember the 1996 Semi final loss of India to the then mighty Sri Lankans. From then the game started fascinating me and finally Cricket got me glued to it. I was witness to some fantastic cricket since then, from  the World Cup of 1999 when Lance Klusner was adjudged as the Man of the Match though South Africa wasn't even the winner, to the Australia's Tour of India in 2000-01 and that epic match where Harbajan took a hat-trick to the when I had gone to the Eden Gardens, but on the third day and the infinte number of matches and series following that..

Tennis, my second love, though a tough competition to cricket has managed to woe me since childhood.Two weeks of the Grand Slams were always awaited with sheer excitement. The subtle rivalry between Federer and Roddick made way for the fierce rivalry between Nadal and Federer where Federer got the taste of his own medicine. And have delightfully watched all Party poopers who had time and again spoiled the run of the World'd Best, be it Fernando Gonazalez in the Australian Open or Jo Wilfred Tsonga or Marcos Baghdatis or Robert Soldering in the French Open.

At this point of time, so many matches, performances, rivalry all are coming to me but the space is too less to jot all of them down... Having said that as a follower of Sports in India, one day will always be etched in my heart... Most of you have already guessed that, Yes it is 02nd April, 2011 when our dream came true....

There is some element in sports that attracts me, draws me towards it, I guess it was always there in my genes... Surely this journey is to continue for a long long time.....

Football still has to make its way in though.... lol

All in all this an affair which is here to last!!!

Snapshots

I am a complete SHUTTER-BUG...

Photographs rightly capture the essence of the moment and I don't leave even a slight chance to seize it!!!

Just that I love being clicked..

Okay enuf words.. Now will let the photographs do the talking...

Today Morning only my Chacha called up to ask us out for a trip to Guwahati and Shillong.... I am so looking forward to it!!!

Here are photos of things I am Looking forward in the trip!!!

Travelling in this Train.. 

Trying this Adventure Sport..

And immerse myself in all this Scenic Beauty!!!

So Swimming it is!!

My mum’s fav dialogue.. “Beta, You are just Perfect”

My fav dialogue.. “Mom, even if I become like Yokozuna, you would still say the same line… “

I have never stopped whining about my weight and my mum has never stopped assuring me that I am almost perfect. From so many years I have been thinking to join this and that and may be shed a few kilos but all talks, no action at all, yes that is the level of my determination. Don’t get judgmental now; I am just a lil lazy sometimes…

Last winter with all my courage I joined Yoga classes, boy, I thought just a few days and I will get in shape and started building castles in the air, but only after a few days realized that getting up early is not my thing plus Yoga classes bored me to death!!!!

But give me a lil sympathy here, it was winters and no company and no music and plus no hot guy too in the Yoga Class… means NO MOTIVATION…. I had to discontinue it man!!

But this summer again, the Keeda(urge) of getting into shape engulfed my mind and this time I have played my cards jus right!!!

Finally my thoughts have travelled to become my words and then transformed in Action!!

So Swimming it is this time this summer and mind you I haven’t made the same mistakes this time, I have chosen a semi early morning slot that too with a company in the name of Anu di who has a Scooty (Biggest Motivation) as I don’t have to walk to the class and plus on my way back I can listen to some music, only the hot guy is still missing :p

So pray for me folks that this time I really shed some kilos but before that wait pray that I don’t get bored of  swimming too :P :P ;) ;)

Just for your Opinions:

Do u all also think I am Perfect like my mom does?? Or I need to go for swimming classes??

Will wait for your comments and reviews…..

My Life via Quotes

Quotes - The one sentence, the few words that can completely revive you, cheer you and may be motivate you to the highest levels. I can't speak for the masses but for me quotes are magic. I do live my life via quotes and they are the biggest biggest source of inspiration of my life. so let me take you through my collection of modest yet marvellous quotes....

"You Reap what you Sow"

“What goes around comes around”

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."

"There is no substitute to hard work."

"No regrets only memories moments and lessons learnt"

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

"Everyone is gifted. But not everyone opens their present"

"The lotus in mucky water is a live metaphor of how our environment has no effect on us if we stick to our essence!"

"If u don't know where u stand with someone in a relationship it’s better to walk away"

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams."

“People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

"Best Relations Do Not Need Promises, Terms or Conditions. They Just Need Two Wonderful People. 

One who can Trust & One Who Can Understand"

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

Life....!

It is just a game..
After we die..
Nobody will remember our name..
Don't waste your life like a lame..
Endure all the pain..
Cherish all the gain..
Here I am saying it again...
It is only a game..
After we die..
We will just be a forgotten name!!!!

To a Lost Friend......

I am terribly troubled. Not finding a way. 

Everything is falling apart .I look around to see that you are the first and last person who can help me.

For all the friendship we shared, barring the fights and ego tussles, if you can ever forgive me please, do. I never realized that you were also hurt until I started thinking it from your point of view. Its a burden that I am living with. It is like a never ending movie roll that runs in my mind.

It was definitely not our first fight, earlier we had also fought, got separated, did not talk for months, but we had always patched up. But this time I don't think it will happen, as the silence between us has been there  for too long. The thought that we wont talk ever in our lives gives me teary eyes and sleepless nights. Like last time when you had initiated to patch up as there was a feeling within you that was keeping you at unrest. Here I am, living with that feeling for so many months. Even if I will call you now, you will say that you have nothing to say and you have moved on. Okay I get it, but  please help me to move on too. If not for friendship, then for humanity's sake, take me out of this abyss.

All this while anger was supreme, and "how could you do this to me?" dominated my thoughts. I was living in a state of anger and vendetta. Now that has only been replaced by helplessness as I have lost all direction in my life, as I always feel that one conversation is pending and I really thought it was your fault and one day you will come to me and say that sorry which I deserve. I will then tell you what I have been through... that life without you has been nothing but boring and worthless but now I cant wait anymore. I am saying sorry for everything as for friendship is no profit or loss account, not your gain or my loss. I have lost myself completely. I never talk about you to anyone else as I have always thought that the best person to talk about you is only you..

I miss u profoundly..

I miss us much more.....